FIDE Women's World Team Championship 2011 (17-12-2011/28-12-2011)

Round 1, Armenia - Greece 4 - 0!

The Women's World Team Championship 2011 is held in Mardin, Turkey, which is located close to the border of Syria. In the Championship 10 teams are competing, playing 9 rounds. My team consist of me, Lilit Mkrtchian (2469), Lilit Galojan (2383), Maria Kursova (2315) and Nelly Aginian (2263). Based on rating we are seeded 6th. The big favourites on paper are China and Russia, but they will have very strong competition from for example India, Georgia and Ukraine.

Armenian team (Nelly is not visible) at the Openings Ceremony, before the start of round 1.
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In the 1st round we were paired against Greece. I decided not to play, because I came directly from the World Mind Games in China to Turkey and it wouldn't be a smart idea to play right away after a 30-hour trip. The strongest player of Greece, IM Yelena Dembo, also played in China and hadn't even arrived at the tournament. Our team won with the perfect score. Lilit Mkrtchian and Lilit Galojan won quite easy. Maria and Nelly won their games after long play.

• WWTC 2011, Mardin, Turkey; round 1, 18-12-2011
  Bo.	4	Armenia	Rtg	-	19	Greece	Rtg	4 - 0
  4.1	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	2469	-	WIM	Makropoulou Marina	2201	1 - 0
  4.2	IM	Galojan Lilit	2383	-	WGM	Fakhiridou Ekaterini	2180	1 - 0
  4.3	WGM	Kursova Maria	2315	-	WIM	Pavlidou Ekaterini	2176	1 - 0
  4.4	WGM	Aginian Nelly	2263	-		Iordanidou Zoi	2169	1 - 0

FIDE Women's World Team Championship 2011; Mardin, Turkey
Round 1: Armenia - Greece 4 - 0

Tomorrow, in the 2nd round we have to play against Georgia, which won their 1st round match 4 - 0 against South Africa.

You can find all the information on the official site and watch all the games live here. The games will start at 15:00h local time ( CET +1).